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[WP] Superman announces on the news that he is going to kill each person on earth, one by one, until humanity is wiped out, in alphabetical order.
What would happen? What would happen from a local to a worldwide level? | The Kryptonian had just concluded his announcement to the General Assembly of the United Nations, and the hall was deathly silent.
Silent, that is, apart from a low hum.
As Kal-El watched, a large spacecraft materialised in the middle of the hall.
Long legs extended to the ground.
A walkway opened up, and a tal... | Mr. A Aaron Aarons had always hated his name. It was after all a clerical error at the hospital that led to the unique handle. His mother had told him that she wanted to name him Adam Aarons after his grandfather, but somewhere in the haze of drugs and child birth she signed A Arron Aarons and the name just kind of stu... | 2015-07-12T22:00:28 | 2015-07-12T21:32:54 | 120 | 16 |
[WP] Incredible magical abilities, as explained by an incredibly bland college textbook | ## **Part 2: Arithmancy, as related to the Subtle Sciences**
The emphasis in this section is on understanding the meaning of Arithmantic numbers and their interpretation as relates to the Subtle Sciences (Potion-Making [see pg. 235], Predictions [see pg. 984, and Transmutation of Matter [see pg. 3214]), rather on me... | ~~I love Peter~~
***Polymorphism.***
Invented by Greeks legends about Zeus trying to bang chicks as a golden ~~shower~~ rain or a bull wtf
*NOT A LYCANTHROPY!* <<<<Important for the test
Polymorphism is the ability of a being or creature to completely transform its physical form or shape... | 2016-08-27T10:30:15 | 2016-08-27T10:05:30 | 60 | 13 |
[WP] You were warned that your newest crew member, a "Human", had vastly different biology from all other known races. This mad made very clear when they drank all of the galaxy's strongest known poison, saying that they "needed a drink of water." | We were told our first experience with a "Heyumin" was to be dealt with caution. A lifeform from the planet the heyumins called "Erff," though they pronounce it a bit differently than I am able, was considered a forbidden territory, as ordered by the Hazard Treaties of year 12903. A cruel planet with skies of oxygen th... | "That's poison."
"Poison? No way! It's Dihydrogen Monoxide. H2O. Water!"
"And also poison."
"Ah, you must be fucking with me. I'm positively parched, pass me a cup!"
My limbs hardening in fear as I passed the container to the human, I wondered, what in the name of Blorgon I did to deserve meeting this... creature? ... | 2020-05-18T13:04:11 | 2020-05-18T11:33:08 | 216 | 103 |
[WP] An elderly couple takes to petty crime to see their superhero kids who no longer call.
(edit) Wow this took off. Wanted to Thank every one for taking the time to share their wonderful stories.
This idea started at the end of my day looking at my phone and seeing maybe the third or forth missed call in a week. To ... | "Honey, that's a lot of forks."
"Five hundred and fifty three boxes."
"A whole lot of forks."
"And, yet, the kids still aren't here."
Mabel stepped back from the wall of plastic forks that had been stashed in their garage. She looked around, "Maybe if we start stealing spoons..."
Rhett shrugged, "I like sporks."
... | Not an elderly couple, just a father.
John awoke to the same buzzing noise he'd been hearing for the last 15 years, the buzzing and beeping of his daughters' landline.
"Oh great another early morning, wonder if I'll see them today before bed." Mumbled John as he got up and looked at the clock, 4:30 AM it read. "Morn... | 2016-04-24T10:53:42 | 2016-04-24T10:36:30 | 37 | 17 |
[WP] It's 3 AM. An official phone alert wakes you up. It says "DO NOT LOOK AT THE MOON". You have hundreds of notifications. Hundreds of random numbers are sending "It's a beautiful night tonight. Look outside." | My hand reached out from the messy nest of blankets I was buried under, and flopped onto the buzzing phone on my dresser. Bleary-eyed and dazed, I dragged it under the blankets with me, refusing to let myself be fully roused from a solid nights sleep. "What the fuck," I muttered to myself, nearly mumbling the words out... | DO NOT LOOK AT THE MOON.
My eyes were barely open, bleary with sleep, but the incessant buzzing of the phone against the glossy black wood of the bedside table was just passing the point of ignorable. It took me a moment to register that the words were strange, holding their place at the top of the screen in bold, of... | 2022-08-07T20:43:05 | 2018-04-06T20:42:31 | 379 | 10 |
[WP] "Before I cure your wife, you must promise to give me the child." "What do you want with our child?" "Who said I wanted your child? You're feeding a pregnant woman magic cabbage, that's going to have an effect on the baby. I need to raise it incase they breath fire or something." | **CAST FROM THE GARDEN**
Growing up I was told everyone could breathe fire.
I was told many things. Like my father was my father. Like the world was not a place worth exploring. That the moon only shined in our garden. That visitors into the garden were intruders undeserving of its light. Vile beings we called them.... | The sun had set for hours and the night had fallen deep. No living sound present but the gentle rustling of midnight breeze blowing the grass and shrubbery, only all of the sudden it was disturbed by the urgent stomping of two worried parents.
"Ow! He bit me!", yelped Kieran.
In his arm he held tight a bundle of to... | 2022-01-04T18:50:46 | 2022-01-04T18:09:01 | 80 | 60 |
[WP] You've lived an unhealthy lifestyle for most of your life. You decide to clean up your act. Later you discover you have a latent superpower. | When they found the tumor in my lung, the solution was simple. Talk to my doctor about the chemo treatment, prep my family for the bad news, etc. It’s not rocket science. Everyone knows someone with cancer.
But when I found my power, I didn’t know what to think.
Who knows how long it’s been inside me. All I know is I... | My life just goes to show that man can subsist on fast-food alone,
With cigarettes and alcohol my doctor says I’m illness-prone,
I haven’t exercised in years unless you say that eating counts,
While huffing glue and smoking meth, I never quite seem to surmount,
These habits and circumferences which ... | 2015-07-01T10:57:01 | 2015-07-01T10:52:41 | 21 | 10 |
[WP] Years of being a graveyardkeeper next to a necromancer cult, you've grown adept at slaying reanimated corpses, too adept. the locals have started thinking you're a paladin. Just because you kill undead... and suddenly can perform miracles, and can sense evil intent, doesn't make you a paladin. | I walked into an empty coffee shop at 10:00 PM.
I saw a cute barista gaze at me before I opened the glass door. She turned her back at my and adjusted her outfit.
“I’ll have an extra large black coffee,” I said. It was going to be another long night at the graveyard.
The barista faced me. She’d unbutton the top o... | “Oh, for heaven’s sake,” I say looking at the pale, bloated hand pulling itself out of the ground. “He’s only been down there three days!”
I shout this to the house bordering Sunset Lawn Chapel and Cemetery.
I work at the cemetery. My name’s Peter. The local’s call me Paladin Peter because of my certain skills. But ... | 2021-01-31T09:49:35 | 2021-01-31T09:27:30 | 279 | 191 |
[WP] Write a serious, adult story in a style normally intended for children.
Think fairy tales, nursery rhymes, picture books (without pictures, probably), educational stories. The intended age range is loose, e.g. everything from *See Spot Run* to *Make Way For Ducklings*.
The important thing is that the seriousness... | Young Jackie and Peter were quite the young pairing,
Both popular, beautiful, loving and caring,
They met in their high school; fell heels over head,
They walked and they talked and they both shared a bed.
They did *that one thing* that the kids are all doing
(and let us be clear, so you're not misconstruing... | Note: Rather than a [WP] tag, you probably intended to use [CW].
> **[CW] - Constrained Writing**
> This is when a limitation (or forced usage) of a word, letter, etc. is put on the writer (WORD/SENTENCE COUNT LIMITATIONS ARE FF, NOT CW!) You should, however, give the prompt more direction than just the con... | 2014-05-13T07:00:57 | 2014-05-13T04:27:51 | 40 | 10 |
[WP] Always wanted to be an assassin, but every contract dies by coincidence instead of your hand
Since childhood you were raised and groomed to be the most capable assassin in modern times. Your family has even led you on this path through social grooming. Nothing in your life has ever pointed you towards today's def... | They hired me because of my reputation. Not only was I known for my family, but also that my methods were untraceable. Each one of my 43 contracts so far died in what appeared to be accidents; A slip and fall out on a daily jog, a patch of ice on a winding cliff-side road, an overzealous night with a hooker bringing on... | I've always been the best.
There are naturals in every field. Science has Einstein, Basketball has Jordan, and Art has Picasso. You've never heard of me, because I'm the best of Assassins, and by merely knowing my name you would earn yourself first hand experience of my skill.
So what exactly makes me the perfect a... | 2015-06-11T19:24:31 | 2015-06-11T18:44:37 | 275 | 145 |
[WP] We had always thought that our ballistic weaponry was going to be ineffective in staving off an alien invasion. Turns out our weapons are actually quite... excessive. | Anna knelt and felt the alien's temple, a small thready pulse clear even through her combat gloves. It eight eyes followed her every movement, a look of what in a human could pass for fear grimased its mandibles as she quickly set about assessing the concusive damange. With precise, delicate movements she gently undid ... | When it comes to fighting a war against a superior race, you tend to naturally accept the fact that you're going to lose, 99 times out of 100. Today seems to be the 1, and it's all thanks to physics. Einstein must be rolling in his grave right now.
Thanks to one huge nerd whose name will be redacted or else he'd proba... | 2021-05-19T05:06:14 | 2021-05-19T04:50:45 | 22 | 15 |
[WP] All your life, numbers pop into your head whenever you see different people. Over time, you realize this is the number of times you will see these people again. Loved ones have numbers too large to process, and most strangers have 0's. One day, you meet someone new, but instead of 0 you see -1. | "Is there anything else I can do for you...?" The waiter seemed to be trying to be the most disinterested waiter of the year; the monotonous voice combined with the phone in his hand at least gave that impression.
"We're fine," Laura says. As soon as the waiter is out of earshot, she turns to me. "Please tell me th... | When Herman Stewarts was a child he thought he lived in the matrix. It was the only explanation he could muster for why he would see 1s and 0s over everyone's head. When he was younger, living out in the country, the towns were smaller and the numbers were larger. For a long while his parents believed something was wro... | 2017-10-26T19:45:54 | 2017-10-26T19:42:45 | 68 | 12 |
[WP] You wake up one morning and find the devil at the foot of your bed. His eyes find yours, he taps your foot and says, "You're it," then disintegrates. | I was already awake, though unwilling to open my eyes when I felt the pressure of something settling on the foot of my bed. Stubbornly refusing to open my eyes, I attempted to will it away, hoping that it would work this time. When the pressure remained, I slowly opened them up a crack and sighed heavily.
A seven foo... | I suddenly awoke with a start, eyes blinking rapidly in the dark. It took a while before my mind registered something sharp tapping against my foot but slowly, I got up onto my elbows and stared at the foot of my bed. Dark, bloody red eyes met mine and a sinister smile made its way across his malevolent face.
“Hey Lu... | 2015-02-25T04:35:50 | 2015-02-25T01:50:55 | 213 | 134 |
[WP] The monster under the bed is secretly a kind friend to the child sleeping in the bed as the parents are always drinking and fighting with each other. | The kids weren't afraid of us because we were monsters. They were afraid because they thought we would hurt them like the most important people in their lives. It's unfair, which I why I do what I do.
Michael didn't deserve anything of what he got. His father was a deadbeat; his first high school job was his only jo... | Most nights I give my friend a hug. I ask some nights if you want to come home with me. Some nights I bring some ice cream. Some nights I ask if you want to hurt a pillow.
Hang a little dreamcatcher. A dream is a friend awaiting to be. They are Nest’s for my kind. We live under the bed . Some say we are evil that must... | 2020-03-14T17:38:02 | 2020-03-14T16:31:57 | 27 | 15 |
[WP] Interstellar wars are quick, most species die of shock quite quickly. Getting shot was a death sentence. That was until humans joined the Galaxy... | "Why do you humans not die?" I asked my human captor.
"What?" He looks at me confused, at least that's what it looked like to me.
"You are beaten up, shot, bleeding. That is a death sentence for everyone....Everyone except humans. What makes you different?"
My captor laughed. "Is that the reason why you're so afraid... | The stars were massive, and humanity was new, most species had awaited the next enlightened age of a new species, and intergalactic law had held them in their patience until now. Now there were free game, equals to all whom would have at them. Of course, not all were simply waiting to see. Some saw profit.
The first o... | 2019-10-25T09:19:31 | 2019-10-25T08:49:00 | 131 | 41 |
[WP] Voldemort kills Harry Potter and declares war against the Muggles. He loses horribly, because unlike wizards - Muggles actually understand how magic works. | "Everything is quantifiable."
Professor Pendleton was addressing the first ever "Science of Magic" class. He knew he should be proud to be the first non magical teacher at Hogwarts, but he was just really nervous.
"Magic, for years...centuries, was thought to be just that, magic, undefinable, something that came fro... | The death eaters struck the "muggle" world entirely without warning. Deaths were high, but no worse than other terrorist attacks. They too had casualties, and that's what allowed us to ultimately turn the tide against them.
Magic, it seemed, was real. Our physicists examined the effects of various spells and incantati... | 2017-07-17T18:32:14 | 2017-07-17T18:06:51 | 50 | 15 |
[WP] You just let a hungry-looking couple into your home to feed them. As you go to turn off the TV, you hear, “under no circumstances should you answer the door today. They are not what they seem. And whatever you do, don’t let them inside...” | "I repeat, do not-" the words never given a chance to finish, as the screen turned to black with a static sound.
"Everything alright, dear?" I heard the old woman call from the dining table.
"Everything is fine." I assured. *Don't panic.* I told myself, as I returned to the kitchen and began preparing a meal.
"Any p... | ######[](#dropcap)
You return from the kitchen, two plates filled with last night's chili chattering nervously in your hand. You hope to God the couple didn't hear the announcement on the TV before you had the wherewithall to turn down the volume.
As you enter the living room, the woman comes up to you and takes the... | 2018-03-14T09:27:18 | 2018-03-14T08:53:00 | 167 | 58 |
[WP] A human is abducted by aliens who don't know what sleep is, and they get really worried when the human they found stops moving
By stop moving, I mean he/she falls asleep. | These things took me in the middle of a midnight jog. Scooped me up in a fly by with a bucket on the bottom of the ship. No glowing beam, no levitation, no time to say goodbye to anyone. Not a pleasant first contact. They shoved these plastic looking things into pretty much every orifice I have; I sprained my wrist and... | Dregaz leaned forward.
<<What... what is it doing?>>
<<Huh?>> said Rolkis.
<<Look at it. The human. It's... laying down. Why would it do that?>>
Rolkis sauntered over to the console Dregaz was seated in front of. She unfurled her thoracic limb and pulled the monitor closer to her... | 2017-06-08T14:25:55 | 2017-06-08T14:15:05 | 168 | 37 |
[WP] A girl is having her first kiss. An old man is holding his wifes hand as she passes away. A teen parent is losing their child, while a man is getting married. Four different lives, one day - make them connect. | I didn't spend much time on my wedding vows. I didn't intend to keep many of them, anyway. My first vow was to always be honest with her. I broke that vow at the reception when she asked me how her hair looked. My wife still believes in pure, innocent love, so I do the song and dance. I bullshitted a few more vows... | "They are so happy" the old man whispered to his wife. She nodded her head. Their cousins Lela and Tommy were getting married. The little old man, Richard, looked over to his daughter and her boyfriend. "Honey, look" He whispered. The old woman, his wife Sheila, whispered in reply "Her first kiss...". They stared in aw... | 2014-10-12T12:26:29 | 2014-10-12T11:13:44 | 1,194 | 45 |
[WP] A jobless computer programmer, while hacking at home one night, discovers a port to the Unirnet, an computer network made for a series of interconnected planets who have not yet discovered mankind. | From the moment that the connection was made, the entity known as "WhyteHaute" was struck by one thought above all others: This was taking *entirely* too long.
It was probably the fault of some old, neglected server in the back corner of an office in which the letters "IT" were only used to reference a Tim Curry film.... | He hesitated for a moment, as he always did. The room was quiet and eerily dark, except for the light emitting from his two computer screens. Enter. The familiar, mechanical click. His scripts began to do the heavy lifting, issuing thousands of commands per second. He shifted his weight slightly and the chair bended, l... | 2014-12-01T10:44:43 | 2014-12-01T10:02:10 | 1,351 | 61 |
[WP] You are the God of small things and you were quite content with your lot-until the purge.Your temples lay burnt, your priests bathed in their own blood your priestesses shared the same fate yet only after being violated.They will pay for you are the god of small things- small not insignificant | They destroyed me. My people. The innocents I protected. They burned and pillaged and ravaged and...
So be it. I will hear their blood-wreathed prayers. Accept their perverse offerings of sacrifice. They cry out to the void to be rid of me- and thus, they shall have their wish fulfilled. The others amongst the divine... | [Poem]
Desecrated altars every way
Thy own scholars lay limp,
Cut down by those who could not say
Taunted and teased by imps
And though they may feel righteous
Murder without consequence
I am the God of the Miniscule,
Threads of guilt blossom in sequence
A chain of motion set abound
Darkness eats at thy heart
Lives ... | 2021-12-03T13:52:35 | 2021-12-03T09:06:29 | 23 | 10 |
[WP]using his last wish to free the genie he was led to a well hidden cave. Upon removing a boulder blocking the entrance the genie said “thank you for using your last wish, here are some more, just promise me you’ll do the same for them”. Left Inside the cave we’re thousands of glistening lamps. | The palm of my hand was sore as I pressed it against the metal of the ramp and started to do a rubbing motion. Left, right, Left was the motion that my hand moved as purple smoke billowed out and a genie began to leak out of the lamp.
&#x200B;
"I am the great and power-"
&#x200B;
I held my hand up, "Great! ... | It was fun; running around in our wild adventure, just the genie and me, getting p to who knows what with the wish always there to bail us out. And really; I liked the guy. Funny, a little eccentric at times but I chalked that up to 1000 years of solitude in a dented lamp.
However; those times were meant to be once... | 2020-09-24T18:31:05 | 2020-09-24T18:00:31 | 165 | 99 |
[WP] Whenever in danger, you disappear and reappear in the room you were born in— without any clothes and cured of all injuries. | "Give me your money! Now!"
I looked at the man mugging me. His eyes were bugging out of their sockets and his pupils were dilated. Sweat was pouring down his face on this cold December night. He seemed out of sorts. My guess was that he was definitely on something.
"OK, OK, just take it easy. I only have $20 on me.... | It wasn’t that long ago that I was wheelchair-bound. I couldn’t take a step without someone nosing into my business asking if I needed help. Actually I couldn’t take a step at all if we’re being pedantic. One day I finally had enough and blew my brains out. Next thing I knew, I was standing in my bedroom naked and… we... | 2017-10-15T14:07:14 | 2017-10-15T13:55:56 | 27 | 15 |
[WP] "Apologies, human. Unfortunately, you were accidentally killed by a glactic federation officer during an altercation on your planet. Currently we are constructing you a replacement body, and in return for your ensured silence on our existence, I wanted to ask if you wanted anything... changed." | "As you know, we are currently constructing you a replacement body. But in return for your silence on our existence, we wanted to know if there was anything you wanted changed."
I started crying. The alien, an eerily bland human-looking being which I figured must be some sort of hologram or costume, leaned forward in ... | The first thing I heard was a whirring sound.
Everything went from black to bright white in an instant, hurting my eyes. The brick wall across the room stared unblinkingly at me and I closed my eyes to try and ease the pain.
I tried to stand up and was slightly horrified to discover that I couldn’t move, and upon fu... | 2019-10-28T12:38:43 | 2019-10-28T11:46:38 | 39 | 16 |
[WP] 13 years ago, you were part of a government-funded project researching inter-dimensional travel until it was discontinued. This morning, you woke up normally, only you have an extra child, your home adress is different and the project is still going strong. | Hear me out. I know that what I’m about to tell you is going to sound ludicrous, and at the end of it all, I don’t expect you to believe a word I’m saying, but belief is not what I’m after. I’m just looking to share my story in the hope that those who understand will be able to make the change before it’s too late.
... | What was this ache inside my head? It pulsed, as if some invisible being was pinching my skull. Pained, I feel from my bed to the hardwood floor. I grunted in agony.
"Michael?" a heard a worried voice say. As the figure rushed over, I recognized it's face. This was Marie, my girlfriend from several years ago.
"What i... | 2017-04-06T06:24:12 | 2017-04-06T06:13:45 | 103 | 31 |
[WP] Superman is mentally handicapped. That's why he thinks nobody can pick up the Clark Kent=Superman thing, and everyone plays along in an effort to keep him from throwing a tantrum. The comics are his idea of what is going on. What does a day in Metropolis actually look like? | Bruce Wayne stood stoically, looking down upon Gotham through the spotless glass of the top-floor conference room. It was a stunning view, with the orange light of the setting sun trickling through the skyscrapers that sprawled out towards the horizon. Diana closed the notebook in front of her, its well-worn spine crac... | It's 6AM at the Metropolis. The city is starting to wake up as the sun rises over the streets and exposes the well preserved bricks on it's historic buildings. A shop owner is hosing down the side-walk as passersby wave him good morning. Above the shop, a window leads into the bedroom of Clark Kent, a well liked 23 yea... | 2016-03-04T11:05:17 | 2016-03-04T09:23:45 | 29 | 11 |
[WP] In order to get a shot at going to Valhalla, you must die with a weapon in your hands. You just died and are now sitting in front of Odin's advisory board as they discuss whether a spatula actually counts. | “I am Frederik Audrey, and I am in front of you today because I am a true warrior. I died doing battle as any true warrior should.”
This speech would have sounded better if I wasn’t sitting in a plastic chair. In front of me sat 5 of the most hardened warriors to ever cross into Valhalla. In life I was a die hard at... | Big Sally sat across the massive oak table.
Her arms crossed. Hair net still tight. Cigarette in one hand. Spatula in the other. So entrenched into her image these things, that even death could not take them. She sat like an angry Valkyrie.
Odin shrunk down while reading the tablet of Big Sally's deeds.
High Que... | 2018-03-26T12:54:18 | 2018-03-26T11:56:40 | 32 | 19 |
[WP] You are the prophesied hero, who was whisked away from another world and is destined to vanquish evil. This is the fifth time it happened and you're getting real tired of it. | "This is the Dire Wood," said Aluvitar, snatching a glance at me from below his bushy eyebrows. "The trees thrive by moonlight, and the forest has been steeped in gloom, under the same spell that birthed it, through all the ages of our world, long before Men walked here."
"Yeah, noticed I can barely see anything."
"T... | The army of the terrible Demon King charged towards me. And I couldn't care less. Been there, done that. Four armies vanquished, an exemplary record, and my reward? Another army to kill. The Time Lords had no regard for the feeling of boredom. Time never got bored of ticking. But I did. And today will be my salvation, ... | 2020-12-31T07:08:11 | 2020-12-31T06:53:19 | 82 | 61 |
[WP] Your power is that anyone will believe what you say, no matter what it is. You casually rob the store, assuring everyone that nothing is out of the ordinary, and later laugh as you offer an outlandish explanation to the flabbergasted police. | I have done things I'm not proud of. I've lived like a wolf among sheep, a god among mortals, a monster among innocents. People have lost everything because of me. I’ve seen the tears in the eyes of families whose houses I wanted, the fear in the stance of men and women I’ve robbed for everything they had ever worked t... | [Poem]
A trio of haiku for Writing Prompts
I have seen this film
He was the first guy to lie,
That Ricky Gervaise
>Anything he said,
>The people would believe him.
>He got bored real fast.
Fifty six percent,
Its rotten tomato score.
More than it deserved. | 2020-03-06T11:47:32 | 2020-03-06T09:43:14 | 269 | 41 |
[WP] Life in most of the universe requires a special energy to exist, something that most species could intuitively sense. An alien ship crashes onto Earth and are horrified by the things on the planet that act like living things, but show no signs of life at all. | My maintenance light comes on when I’m a few light years from home. I pull up the map. Thankfully, a habitable planet is close by. I think the ship needs some attention, and I’d rather do it now than risk an emergency landing somewhere else.
I’m closest to a fairly large planet named Earth. I look up the notes in the... | "...yet life in most of the universe requires a special energy to exist Ti'kar. All species we encountered thus far have been able to intuitively sense it."
"I am fully aware of our innate extrasensory nature Ti'kar, you are aware of the rea--"
"Ti'kar, apologies for interrupting. There's an object from Earth approac... | 2019-05-31T10:14:29 | 2019-05-31T09:08:47 | 87 | 64 |
[WP] Everybody has the ability to bring another person back to life, at the cost of their own life. You are a suicidal celebrity who can't stay dead because of fans constantly sacrificing their lives to resurrect you. | They debate who will get to die for me next. Don't want to kill two people when you could only lose one.
That's how I feel. Like I'm a killer. It doesn't really help the suicidal ideation. I've had it all my life, this tugging that I'm not good enough.
The first time I decided to end my life I didn't think anyone w... | I open my eyes again and see John, my overtaker. Damnit, not again. Instead of preparing me to be dead forever, John prepares me to wake up again. And again. And again. Mostly he just makes sure I'm clean, dressed, and then listens to my tirade of swearing.
I've tried everything: jumped from buildings, electrocution, ... | 2016-07-06T21:27:22 | 2016-07-06T20:07:02 | 1,116 | 51 |
[WP] You, a satanic cultist, have been preparing this ritual for a few months. You plan to summon a demon. As the candles flicker, you see a form rising from the pentagram. Suddenly, one of your best friends is standing there, eating cereal, in their pajamas. | “What’s going on? Where am I? Jason?”
Alyssa.
Enveloped in thick grey smoke.
Eating cereal.
In pajamas.
And pink fuzzy pink slippers.
Bitch.
She is standing in the half-light of my dad’s house living room, surrounded by blood candles, skull runes, smoking herbs, and other ritual artifacts I and my buddies painst... | ".....val karnis femro tu saar bey." staz spoke in a grim voice.
the summoning was complete. a form started to rise and a new emotion was rising along with it inside him from underneath his confidence, fear. the summoning succeeded but what if his binding did not.
the form stopped rising and suddenly the smoke disper... | 2020-01-05T20:52:52 | 2020-01-05T20:45:38 | 16 | 10 |
[WP] Out of all possible familiars, you are "Graced" with a human. While legend says that they are beings of great power, yours just makes sarcastic comments and pranks people. | After glancing at the time, Navi raced down from her roost, and flew into her family's great room, where her graduation party would be happening. But when she saw the mess, she stopped short.
Her heart shrank. Bowls of punch had been thrown to the ground and shattered. The food had all been covered with black pitch. ... | Zorgleborp walked into his classroom that day, excited to find out what is familiar was going to be. Maybe it was going to be a Glimpleshob, or even a Targanomp! Oh, a Targanomp would have been so great as a familiar. Zorgleborp sat in his desk and started talking with his friend, Singazorm, about the familiars. Soon, ... | 2018-03-20T20:55:10 | 2018-03-20T18:12:30 | 27 | 20 |
[WP] Due to their genetic heritage as pursuit predators, humans have been known to be the best bounty hunters and private detectives in the galaxy. If you want to find someone, you hire a human. They just won't stop until they find who they are looking for. | *You have come to report?* Simae’n asked, its bulbous upper eye gleaming with avarice, three of its lower eyes skimming over Matt’s body in search of the prize while the other five scanned the room in every other direction.
Matt rubbed the bridge of his nose. Atarean telepathy always gave him an irritating
buzzing f... | I sat with my feet propped on my desk and rattled the ice cubes in my brandy and watched the line of smoke billow from the cigarette sitting on my ash tray. I waited for the next case to fall into my lap as they always did. That's all it took was a nice patient wait. My reputation was enough to sling me into high-payin... | 2017-02-24T09:15:06 | 2017-02-24T08:08:55 | 37 | 14 |
[WP] You're a biologist who made a deal with the devil: eternity in hell after death in return for unlimited funding for your research. The funding was worth it, you discovered immortality, and the devil is not happy about this. | He sat up, panting quietly as he relaxed again. If he had properly seen what the microscope showed, he had finally cracked it. He removed the slide from the microscope, walking over to the pill fabricator.
"It acts as an antidote to poisoning..." he muttered to himself, smiling in triumph. "It's a cure for all know... | (This is my first post. I wrote it on my phone so of course please excuse the poor format.)
At last, I watched the insect start to twitch, then it flipped over to its legs again. It started to walk around. It was alive.
I jumped up in joy. I shouted, "Eureka!" I was going to be a millionaire. Best of all, I had cheat... | 2018-08-23T11:20:34 | 2018-08-23T10:40:20 | 174 | 28 |
[WP] Secret agencies all around the world know you as the greatest spy who has ever lived. However, the truth is that you're simply an ordinary person who accidentally got mistaken as a spy years ago and simply can't convince people that you're not. | As she turned toward the register, her elbow knocked into the trio of cups and sent them flying. She dropped the coins in her hands and managed to arrest two of the piping hot vessels on their descent. Reflexively, unthinkingly, she brought her knee up and made contact with the third cup. This contact launched it backw... | Is this karma, I wonder?
My whole life was established by the fact that I was at the wrong place at the wrong time, almost as if some invisible path was drawn for me and I always foolishly followed it. From the top of my head, I can remember various situations that had led me to this particular point.
The first time ... | 2018-01-01T09:37:37 | 2018-01-01T09:22:29 | 31 | 12 |
[WP] When someone turns 18, they may use one adjective on themselves boost that part 10 fold. Strong, fast, smart, no one expects your adjective. | I stand to the side, a shadow amongst the crowd, waiting.
Everyday feels the same as it did in school growing up, ignored, passed over, just part of the background.
I watch as people walk by, I've observed enough to be able to tell what word they chose.
The ones who chose popular and their gangs of sychophants trail... | Honestly, I was quite surprised that no one had chosen mine before. It would have taken only a slightly above average understanding of the english language.
I guess that's what happens when you leave it up to 18 year olds to decide what they want to be for the rest of their life. You get a bunch of kids with basic su... | 2022-01-02T04:00:48 | 2022-01-02T03:07:10 | 56 | 25 |
[WP] A phenomena begins to occur where newborn babies are found amidst the aftermath of natural disasters. Tsunamis, avalanches, wild fires, destructive lightning storms, etc. These 'Storm-Born' humans grow up with powers based on the disasters that birthed them. | She was hardly the first storm-born to appear. Reports of them popping up all over the world had begun years ago.
Earthquakes.
Tornados.
Floods.
Each with devastating consequences. Natural disasters that caused bloodshed and claimed lives. Seemingly, they didn’t have much else in common, other than the destruction ... | The bell rang, the children awoke, the teachers prepared their classrooms and The Matron watched through her many surveillance cameras.
Her attention was focused, today, on three children. Their files lay open beside her.
Ignis Premogen, twelve, found nestled amongst the ashes of the Great Fire, a wildfire that ravage... | 2019-08-06T07:39:13 | 2019-08-06T07:03:49 | 51 | 24 |
[WP] One sundaymorning everyone wakes up with the worst crime they've ever committed tattooed on their forehead. It's breaking news on television. Yours says 'thief', your husband's says 'cheater'. As you go wake up your seven year old daughter, you see the word 'murderer' tattooed on her forehead.
[removed] | I could live with the killer tattoo across my forehead. I knew what I signed up for, five tours of duty in an infantry unit and I knew when I woke up what my sin would be.
My wife had adultery across hers, I already knew. She confessed after my last tour, said she would understand if I didn’t want her in my life any m... | July 22, 2143 was an interesting day. That was the day God, aliens, the Illuminati or some other higher being decided to put our sins on display. Everyone around the world got a "tattoo". Some group of scientist, who all had Torture on thier forehead learned that it was actually you skin pigment permanently damage and ... | 2019-09-16T12:24:24 | 2019-09-16T11:27:41 | 145 | 17 |
[WP] Since you were born you could see a search bar over people's heads. All you had to do was think and the search bar would fill out and give you information/statistics. Out of boredom one day you decide to search your whole family with"Number of people killed" | 1 result.
There it was, a name that only I could see, floating silently above my father's head. My father the murderer; standing there with his back turned, chopping carrots at the bench.
"Dad," I said, my voice trembling. He must have heard the quiver, because he stopped and turned to me, concern etched upon his fa... | [Poem]
Thanksgiving was a shock this year, the family was to blame.
I thought I'd search for fun or maybe just check out names,
Well what a surprise to see, my families just not right,
I guess that in their off time, they go and kill at night.
Grandma had killed 12, she sat and smiled sweetly,
My sister was at 5,... | 2019-07-01T21:21:32 | 2019-07-01T20:28:33 | 717 | 347 |
[WP] Tell me the story of how the world ends - but told entirely in Craigslist ads | From Personals - Strictly Platonic
Apr 29 - Looking for spelunkers! - 29/M looking for at least one fellow spelunker to help explore cave exposed by sinkhole on family property. Call Brett at <show number>
From Community - Lost & Found
May 1 - Found: Backpack and climbing gear off 27 - Looks pretty rough,... | *Newest in >for sale*
Jan 23: Sports Betting, See how easy it can be to be a winner. books & magazines - by dealer [x]
Jan 25: Between Fact and Fiction, Helping you understand the real life problems and removing the anxiety over the fictional.
Feb 23: Communication Breakdown Unleashed (MRR), When you and your... | 2015-04-29T10:16:26 | 2015-04-29T09:07:02 | 54 | 15 |
[WP] Humans have just entered the galactic community, using our patented versatility to make ourselves noticed. One thing, however, stands out about our culture: almost all of our scariest monsters are based off of ourselves, and a lot of aliens are getting worried about our species’ mental health. | Garrick sat, thinking. He found himself to be doing this particular activity more than what he was actually supposed to do—the relatively mindless task of typing numbers into little rectangles—as he considered his new friend, X’ytok’s words.
He didn’t dislike it. This thinking business, anyway.
“Now that I think abo... | "Human Thomas, what are you drawing?"
"A Wendigo. It's a terrible, man-eating creature from our oldest mythologies. Why, do you like it?" Tom asked smiling as he held up the paper. The Zynraki took a pace back, holding its limp, moist appendages up to guard its face.
"No! It's horrid, you should leave it alone," hi... | 2022-03-02T18:38:26 | 2022-03-02T18:32:36 | 629 | 259 |
[WP] "We WILL be friends, whether you like it or not, you stupid, stubborn old lizard!" - yelled the Vampire at the ancient Dragon. Because what is the point of immortality, if you have nobody to share it with? | Ferratu bounded into the Dragon’s lair without hesitation. A torrent of fire greeted him, enveloping the entire cave entrance and burning his clothes right off. "Oh come *on!*" He yelled, patting himself down to extinguish the small embers still burning on his skin. "Was that really necessary?”
A low growl reverberat... | “You dare to raise your voice at me, blood sucker? I am the great Fedelmid, King of the Dragons, descended from the great Feidlimid, King of the Dragons, feared amongst dragon-kind, and you dare order me around?” Fedelmid the Great shifted on his perch and swung his muscular tail towards the vampire, before he brought ... | 2021-04-16T08:04:52 | 2021-04-16T06:36:52 | 516 | 126 |
[WP] The Planet has been invaded by Aliens, more than 50 rockets landing, which hold over 7 Billion of them. The Aliens say that they didn't realise that there was life on this planet and they arrived to move from their polluted planet, Earth. | The Council of the Xia consisted of three elders, each older than even the formation of the council and the Xia Tribe. They governed the second largest Tribe on the plant Parados, beaten only by the Zvener Tribe. The council met once every sun rotation and for the first time since Zvener's surprise attack, they met for... | The ships landed on the planet *identical* to Earth. Not close-to identical, not within the habitable zone of the sun, but the planet that was an exact replica of Earth. The survivors of the Exodus, now split into a few individual ships, landed across the planet. Each rocket greeted by a host of a hostile species.
"Th... | 2017-05-21T08:13:24 | 2017-05-21T08:01:03 | 66 | 28 |
[WP] You are the super villain that defeated the super hero and conquered the earth. You walk out onto your balcony to law down the law for your new subjects. You are greeted by a massive crowd and genuine cheers. | Hunger. Eat. Consume. Her. My tendrils curled around Hyper Woman, shadowy things that should not be. My many maws twisted into smiles as I felt her bones cracking under my grip. One bladed tentacle raised, poised to shoot through her heart. I half expected some force on high to stop me, but nothing could save Hyper Wom... | His knuckles were bruised, shaking. Bare bone was exposed under the tattered skin and gashes that covered both hands. At his feet was his rival, his friend, his enemy, his confidant. His equal.
The pool of blood inched closer and closer to Apex's feet, until he stepped back at the sight of himself in the red mirror o... | 2017-05-23T13:09:20 | 2017-05-23T10:56:07 | 80 | 22 |
[WP] You die and find yourself in hell, where apparently everyone spends time to negate their sins before they go to heaven. The guy in front of you, who cheated on his wife, gets 145 years. Feeling like you led a fairly average and peaceful life, you’re not worried. You get 186,292 years. | "What?!" I sputtered. "How is this possible? What did I *do* to get that?!"
Satan put down the book of sentencing with an exasperated sigh and said, "Look kid, I don't make the punishments, the big guy only makes me hand them out as part of my parole." Seems he was used to saying this.
"B-but *how*? How did-"
Satan ... | "186,292 years!?!"
"Yup." St. Peter looked bored, maybe even a little annoyed. I suppose I wasn't his first today to be taken back by their sentence -- by this _rejection_ -- and I suspect I won't be the last.
But then my gaze moved over St. Peter's left shoulder to... Majesty? Brilliance? This glowing man... being.... | 2018-09-26T08:43:26 | 2018-09-26T08:25:34 | 77 | 14 |
[WP] Since you can restart your life whenever you die, you start treating your lives as playthroughs in a video game. You’ve already completed the “main quest” timeline and tried a “new profession” timeline. You decide your next timeline will be a “speed run”. | I was going to speed run my life. Why not at this point? I was stuck in a time loop so I figured I might as well make things a bit more interesting.
I knew what had to be done. I needed to clip through reality to speed up my life.
I heard faint noises around me as I once again came into existence. My little body was ... | Speed running. A popular thing that people normally perform in online games is typically single-player… But, This speed run is different its a speed run in real life. I take a deep breath and then… I Stab myself and begin to count in my head…
1 Second
29 Seconds
44 Seconds
9313 Seconds
23652025 Seconds
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I was ... | 2022-06-06T06:47:19 | 2022-06-06T01:34:29 | 236 | 82 |
[WP] Nobody had reached the bottom of the ocean until you did. You thought you would be met by terrifying sea creatures and unending darkness - but it was so much worse. | Alone. I was alone. Down in the dark. The deep deep dark. Nobody believed I could do it, so nobody came with me. No life. No death even. Just emptiness. “Like a void” I think to myself. I stare ahead at the darkness. How long have I been going for? Three, two, four days? I don’t know. Time moves different down here in ... |
As the submarine plummeted downward in a decent for the furthest reaches of the depths of the ocean, nothing had prepared me for this encounter. As everything was going pitch black around me, suddenly, lights began to glow in the distant. My interest was certainly peaked. The light was still about 20 miles away on ... | 2021-07-26T21:01:29 | 2021-07-26T20:09:22 | 18 | 12 |
[WP] The nightmare has come true; you've woken up back in sixth grade with your memories and knowledge of everything that happened since then intact. You start staring at your classmates around you, aware of how they end up. Your teacher asks you what's wrong as you start weeping. | My ears finally clear and I can finally focus on the fact that I’m in the bathroom of my elementary school. How long have I been standing here at the sink, I see they still haven’t replaced the mirror that got ripped off the wall as part of the 6th graders prank 16 years ago? Jesus, It really wasn’t a good idea to drin... | “Tim? Tim are you, uh...”
Miss Lewis was concerned, but more than that she young. And pretty. Ms. Lewis is fresh out of grad school, the apple of every boy’s eye; Tim remembers her obituary. Next year, Ms. Lewis becomes Mrs. Akima. Nine years later, Mr. Akima catches Mrs with another man and Mr. Akima, a police officer... | 2019-08-18T07:59:06 | 2019-08-18T07:55:59 | 70 | 16 |
[WP] A master thief sends a letter to the castle. "I am coming to take your most valued treasure. Stop me if you can." On the promised date the castle guards it's most valuable pieces in a vault and the thief never shows. A short time later it is discovered that what was stolen was not in the vault. | "At last! I have the king at my feet. He will do anything to retrieve what I've taken" the thief crowed and watched the town scramble.
"Boring" a voice behind him said in a calm, even tone. "I mean what are you even going to ask for?"
"Anything I want. And the king will give it to me, all so I return his precious da... | I loved her, quickly did I learn the king did not. A letter I wrote, a test really, protect what is most valued to you and it will not be lost.
The king a tall man battle hardened, with black hair that flowed to his eye brows knew what he had to do. "All men to the vaults, protect the royal treasury at all cost." The ... | 2022-09-08T07:19:08 | 2022-09-08T03:57:51 | 30 | 10 |
[WP] You're given a chance to see how many times you've been near death. The highest number of times anyone you know of has almost died, was 15, and they have a dangerous job. You just found out that your life has been close to ending 278 times. | I sat there pondering the stat surrounded by friends and family. It was my 74th birthday, and at that moment I was surprised I had made it that long.
"You know, I really think it's the lack of sex" teased George from my left side. I gave him a sideways look. and my wife looked like she was trying not to strangle him. ... | 278.
It felt like I had been stabbed in the chest I was so shocked.
Wait a minute.
No that's real. That's real! JESUS FUCKING CHRIST THATS REAL.
My clammy hands grasp my chest as I recognize the substance on my shirt (and everything else) is blood. There's a fucking knife in me. What the fuck.
Everything feels... | 2018-07-27T14:21:38 | 2018-07-27T13:41:29 | 16 | 10 |
[WP] You were born in a city where everyone has a superpower. However, while people freely use theirs (breathe fire, heal wounds or grow flowers), you seem to not be able to do anything. But one day, as you leave the city, you realize that everyone loses their power.
[deleted] | I used to hate the city.
It seems out of a comic book. You walk to your job and, as you gaze towards the sky, you see a hundred flying beings, making stunts that seemed impossible to man, hiding in the clouds, saluting planes. You get a coffee and you don't even care if it's cold or warm, one of the workers can heat i... | Everyone can use their powers as they please and I’m just normal. The doctors claim it’s cause neither of my parents were around when the dynampho occurred but my mother can phase through walls. The Dyampho was a chemical explosion in the city that only worsened when a meteorite hit the center of the city at the same t... | 2020-06-09T05:33:12 | 2020-06-09T05:13:23 | 18 | 11 |
[WP] You've curled into bed after an exhausting, chilly day with your typical assortment of pets. Large dogs, cats. You hear a close by growl and snuffle you aren't familiar with, but decide to just shift over, pat the bed and sleepily say "come on, then". | After the day I had, my bed was like the freaking promised land. I embraced the warmth of the blankets with glee and settled in for the journey to Sleepytown. As I did, my pets filed into the bedroom to join me on my quest. My pitbulls Salt and Pepper claimed their usual spot on the left side of the bed, Baby Beluga th... | Was the most soft day of the month so far, and even then I was terribly sleepy and exhausted.
Meg, Rog, Gin, Genny and Buzz were on my bed waiting for me.
They're my friends. My only friends.
I took the little kitty Genny and put her on the left pillow, the yellow one.
Then I put under the blanket my cold feet, and... | 2022-11-01T08:29:41 | 2022-11-01T07:27:15 | 42 | 21 |
[WP] You are a wolf who was bitten by a werewolf. Every full moon your hair recedes, your teeth dull, and you are left cold and naked on a hillside. You’ve also met a lovely park ranger named Christine. | The fight was barely a skirmish, the pack I stood up against numbering over a dozen and determined to steal the body of my prey from me, but one of them bit me on the leg. I had no help, no backup, having left my mother’s side and not yet formed a pack of my own. I yelped off into the forest, taking care to not lean on... | “Chrissy you’ve got to help me, I can’t go back to that!”
Chrissy reclined in bed, her eyes heavy lidded and her whole body ready for sleep, if only Spot weren’t having another crisis. She pressed the pillow down over her face and tried to count disemboweled sheep, the kind Spot left behind when he was a wolf. Sometim... | 2021-03-14T14:55:52 | 2021-03-14T13:49:33 | 243 | 129 |
[wp] Each year the USA government closes out a year from the past. When they do, all crimes committed that year are wiped clean. Criminals may now confess their crimes without punishment. You've been making the headlines for decades. | The news vans were already parked outside. I hadn't declared any intent to make an announcment, but after years of my revelations they all just showed up anyway. From my window, I could see the big satellite dishes on top of them. My son, Ben, wheeled my chair a bit closer so that I could see the various reporters stan... | "Are you ready Ms Malone? He's ready to see you now." The officer in the green uniform swept the door open before me and I stepped over the threshold without an inkling of what was about to happen next.
The room was three feet wider than a standard prison cell. The walls had been repainted from their greying whitewa... | 2016-06-22T06:34:43 | 2016-06-22T06:19:48 | 316 | 30 |
[WP] Since you were born you could see a search bar over people's heads. All you had to do was think and the search bar would fill out and give you information/statistics. Out of boredom one day you decide to search your whole family with"Number of people killed" | 1 result.
There it was, a name that only I could see, floating silently above my father's head. My father the murderer; standing there with his back turned, chopping carrots at the bench.
"Dad," I said, my voice trembling. He must have heard the quiver, because he stopped and turned to me, concern etched upon his fa... | My mother was always a weird one. I loved her, don’t get me wrong - but she was weird. I stared at her wide-eyed, confused, when her kills came up.
One.
How could she have killed anyone? Yes, she was kooky, but she could never lay hands on someone with malice. She just liked to talk to her lemon tree, watering it car... | 2019-07-01T21:21:32 | 2019-07-01T20:14:16 | 717 | 89 |
[WP] You are a superhero who's ability subconciously freezes time whenever someone nearby is in mortal danger. Usually its obvious who's in trouble and you can save them quickly, but not this time - it's been 10 years.
Edit: guys the responses have been amazing, some funny stories and some deeper, darker ones too! Kee... | "It has to be him..." I thought to myself for the hundred-thousandth time "Old man, overweight, sweating over his fried steak burger. What the hell do *they* expect me to do about a heart attack?"
I'm not gonna lie, it's been tough. The first 2ish years were alright. At least I think it was two years. It took me ages ... | I will never forget the night that my baby was taken. The chill of the breeze blowing down the alley between the pub and the salon, the blush in my face, the pain in my chest and the relentless desire to run away and die.
The man who killed my baby was not a bad man. He was a good man, or at least as good as a man in ... | 2017-09-06T22:03:20 | 2017-09-06T18:22:30 | 401 | 57 |
[WP] When everyone turns 18, they receive a pet which is figurative of their personality. You're the first person to receive a dragon... | My friend Sonia got an owl when she turned eighteen. Someone had chosen well - not only was it quiet and watchful like her, its trick of raising some sort of tufts on its head mirrored her eyebrows by which you could tell her mood. And it helped that both of them were dark brown and petite.
I wondered what I'd be give... | Today is my 18th birthday, it is a very special occasion as we have reached maturity in the eye's of Galfena and we are to receive a gift from her that will help tell the world our personality, and decide our status in the village.
It's regarded as a big event in a persons life because it helps decide who we are. Some... | 2014-09-28T09:30:56 | 2014-09-28T08:18:33 | 57 | 15 |
[WP] You gained immortality by absorbing thousands of souls. They have gotten used to it and act like Twitch chat watching a livestream of your life. | I used to like watching Twitch in my spare time. Fighting game tournaments, high level strategy games, classic VODs, a handful of my favorite streamers... I had Twitch on all the time, even in the background. It helped me feel less lonely in my empty apartment. I always had streamers to keep me company.
When I felt li... | They cry why while peasants die but I don’t lie when angels deserve to die.
I get the job done.
After years of watching my vampiric ways they’ve come to understand, I have a preference.
The souls of the guilty never cry when they die, just plead with me for their innocence. Such deserved sustenance.
The fodder t... | 2019-09-27T04:46:06 | 2019-09-27T04:41:51 | 34 | 11 |
[WP] You Have Just Died. Instead Of Meeting God Or Zeus Or Whatever Deity You Thought Ruled The Cosmos, You Meet Some Random Person You've Never Heard Of Before. They Claim To Be The True Creator Of The Universe And Is Getting Increasingly Annoyed That No-One Knows Who They Are | "Come on, you've surely heard of me!"
"Not at all."
"You and the rest of em, I guess."
"What was the name again?"
"ARE YOU SERIOUS WE'VE GONE OVER THIS 3 TIMES NOW. Ahem. My name, not that anyone I've greeted here has heard somehow, is Lumaponysus."
"Okay... Luma? Where am I and why am I here?"
"You've finally me... | You stare at each other. Of course, you are extremely confused as to who they are. You ask for a name and they give you that name. You recognize the name. You don't know where until you realize. All that background noise you hear has been their name.
You can't recall what their name is but you know exactly what their ... | 2019-12-22T21:37:59 | 2019-12-22T19:52:39 | 48 | 24 |
[WP] You instinctively know everyone's name the second you meet them. One day you thank someone at the supermarket for helping you, and they stare at you wide eyed. "Nobody has called me by that name in centuries" | My whole life I’ve had this. . .thing. A gift, perhaps? I’ve always had the ability to know people’s names just by looking at them. It makes mundane tasks more fun when I turn it into a game; “how many people with the last name Smith will I walk by” or “who’s got the most unusual name I can find today”. And it makes fi... | My eyes surveyed the chips and cookies in isle 13. Fried diabetes. I thought, still scanning the isle. Finally, I spotted the snack packs I was looking for. On the top shelf of course. You see, I’m 5’2 and it doesn’t look like I’m getting any taller.
Suddenly, an older man makes his way down the aisle. He s... | 2018-11-05T21:12:06 | 2018-11-05T20:38:06 | 15 | 10 |
[WP] A little girl who has been a vampire for hundreds of years deliberately tries to get herself kidnapped in order to find her prey. | When I was first bitten so many centuries ago, I thought I knew what true monsters were. So many saw what I am cursed to call my kind as brute monsters that would kill and feast upon man in a blind, beast-like bloodlust.
In reality, they were far more cruel than that.
The clan that took me had a sickening method of f... | "Wallets. Now."
Alec froze. The man had appeared as if from nowhere, materializing from the shadows of the park as if he belonged to them. He was tall, dirty in a torn blue hoodie and ruined jeans. Behind his bush of a beard, his eyes shone like frost-glazed marbles--but it was the knife in his hands that held Alec's... | 2017-07-05T21:03:26 | 2017-07-05T20:50:19 | 65 | 31 |
[WP] You've just been kidnapped by a supervillain. She's not really evil; she's just really socially awkward and had no idea how to approach you otherwise. She even made you dinner! | She was so famous she only went by her first name. There was Adele, Beyoncé, and there, mere inches away from me, was Lola. The world's most notorious supervillain and she was looking right at me. I rubbed my eyes, not quite believing the sight.
As cliche as it sounds, she was even more stunning in person than she was... | "Where am I?" Amelia slurred, "What... what happened?" she grimaced, "Why does my head hurt?"
"Sorry, side effects of the knockout agent. You'll be fine in a few minutes." A distant voice called out.
"Wait, what?" Amelia tried to move but felt paralyzed. She looked down and though her vision was still blurry, she saw... | 2021-10-21T14:37:48 | 2021-10-21T13:00:29 | 232 | 124 |
[WP] Write a story in which the last line is a common phrase, such as, "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger," but when we get to that line, it should have a totally different meaning from the common one. | We all knew that it would happen one day. When I was a kid, there were movies about it. Some called it a singularity and they said that it was bound to happen if we kept on the path we were on.
It never mattered how much we were told that our technology was taking over our lives, we always craved more. It all started ... | The day I discovered I had cancer was probably the second worst day of my life. Most of my life has been filled with misery and despair, and hearing the news, I couldn't help but wonder if I was just being punished for something I didn't know I did.
I had been in remission for a couple of years. I had cancer in my th... | 2015-05-16T10:50:43 | 2015-05-16T10:24:18 | 18 | 10 |
[WP] A crazed astronomer undergoes a quest to shut down the entire state's power grid, in an effort to force the population to behold, for the first time, the beauty of a starry night sky. | "Astronomer here!"
I paused a minute, pondering the next words. The path I had taken to get here was crazy if you thought about it. Start posting astronomy comments on a message board. Gather a following. The following grew- thousands became tens of thousands, then hundreds of thousands and millions around the globe, ... | "Power's out." My father struck a match and lit another candle as he said this to me, as if I somehow wasn't aware already. I sighed.
“Yeah, dad, I know.”
He dragged a wicker chair across the porch and sat down next to me. “They say some fella in Columbus did it. Something about seeing stars. I'd like to make him see... | 2017-08-31T07:19:43 | 2017-08-31T05:55:08 | 130 | 32 |
[WP] You ate your last apple almost a full day ago. The second hand on the clock creeps closer and closer to the 24-hour mark. Holed up in a cabin you ready your shotgun. You can feel them out there, waiting, watching. The Doctors. | Only 5 minutes left. It was only a superstition, right? But... if that was true, why was I so scared? Even now, I could hear shuffling around outside, and a strange, low humming sound.
I shook my head and cocked the shotgun in my hands. 2 shots, no more. The survivalist instincts began to kick in when the first, muff... | Nobody thought the world would end like this. The room is filled with people who used to be guests at the Downtown Sheraton, but now we're all frightened animals. The news networks are flashing warnings and the internet is reporting millions dead. Men weeping and clutching wounds, children crying for their mothers - if... | 2019-09-28T17:13:46 | 2019-09-28T16:06:45 | 50 | 36 |
[WP] All your life, your best friend has had your back. This is why their unexpected death hits you so hard. Two days before the funeral, you receive a couriered letter. “If you’re getting this, I’m dead. Don’t come to my funeral. They will find you.” | Sympathy-Drones are real bastards. It's never good news when one shows up on your doorstep. Not just because your mom or your brother or your buddy died. But because the drone isn't really here to offer condolences. It's here to settle debts.
For once in my life, I'm damn happy to see this one.
So when my apartment d... | I miss Jason. I can’t tell what’s worse, the loneliness from his irreversible absence, or the guilt from killing him.
This morning, I made toast. When it popped out of the oven, the toastier part in the middle looked vaguely like a flaccid penis. I almost smiled. It was the closest I’d come to smiling since his de... | 2021-04-24T21:45:52 | 2021-04-24T20:25:57 | 374 | 60 |
[WP] You live in a country where murder is legal - The catch is, it has to be declared a week in advance. The aggressor has to wait the full week, but the victim may begin defending themselves immediately upon receiving notice. While a legitimate threat is legal, a false one is very much not. | "Hey Ron. So, uh, you know why I called you? You know, the Information Act."
"Yes, Mr. Lipton." Ron knew all about the new bill that passed five days ago, supported by lunatics and other lunatics with deeper pockets. Just scare tactics for rich people, they said. "Did someone send you a notice?"
"Oh no, nothing like ... | Nathan slowly sipped water from his bottle and then checked his watch, 15 minutes to go. His fingers drummed restlessly on the m416 laying on his lap. 'Now is not the time to be impatient' he thought to himself, he has waited 7 years for it, a few more minutes is not much.
He knew it may be a suscide mission, that's ... | 2020-12-03T08:06:00 | 2020-12-03T07:41:05 | 203 | 14 |
[WP] People often attribute your success as a superhero to your power. However the truth is the power itself sucks, you just learnt how to use it well despite its limitations over the years, as one power stealing villain painfully learnt | I was being tailed and I knew it. As I dodged between rooftop gardens and air conditioners in a zigzag across town, I could hear the familiar wingbeats of my recently-deceased colleague Whitewing growing closer and closer. I was scared. I knew it was, without a shadow of a doubt, Zipper, a geneticist turned serial kill... | The Overlord stood suspended in the air over the city. He tightened his thin white leather gloves and smiled his cruel smile. He dove through the air towards the city, the wind rippling his long dark hair around his face obscuring his features. Despite the speed of his descent he was able make his landing look as cas... | 2020-12-02T07:44:09 | 2020-12-02T07:17:43 | 186 | 100 |
[WP] The bride is having an affair with the best man. During his wedding speech the best man decides to see how heavily he can hint about it without anyone actually working it out. | I stood and tapped lightly on my glass until the room fell silent. "Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Most of you I know already, as friends or employees, but for those who I don't, my name is Peter. I have the honour of serving as best man, and I'd like to say a few words about the bride and groom on this joyful occasi... | I looked at Kate and winked subtly. I could tell she was nervous. She shouldn't have been, she should have known that it was as much in my interest as hers to keep our little "meetings" secret. No, the best thing for all of us was to do what was expected of us and maintain the status quo.
That being said, I couldn't ... | 2015-04-03T01:14:55 | 2015-04-02T22:59:09 | 214 | 18 |
[WP] Adrenaline is an evolutionary trait specific to Earth. When alien species are tired they sleep and not even a threat to their life will wake them. Which is why the pirates that boarded your spaceship are shocked to find you've not only jumped out of bed fully alert but are fighting back! | Vlurguk stopped up his ears with his multijointed manipulator appendages to drown out the sounds.
The horrible sounds, screaming, crying, vomiting, shoulder joints dislocating.
His crew were fleeing in terror from the enraged and quite suddenly awake and responsive human currently wringing his second in commands ... | in the depth of space a single signal, sent from the center of the cosmos, begins a vibration
in the ensuing ripple of energy is the essence of being .......controlled by a force beyond comprehension
as the momentum builds a birth of awareness brings a release of sweat pouring from every possible location on the body... | 2021-01-26T23:56:33 | 2021-01-26T23:40:39 | 326 | 10 |
[WP] Colony ships have been leaving weekly for awhile. The streets around your home are looking more empty. You don't qualify for the colony ships. You will always be one of the left behind. | You couldn't take a Ford-Mercedes on the colony ships.
You could take your children, all two of your spoiled brats that were allowed under the reproductive allowance. The Wilkins kids had shipped out the day before, and Lilian had watched them leave through the viewing port in the airlock to her habitation.
You could... | I make my daily walk through the empty streets. A ritual I must complete.
I avoid the monsters let loose when everyone left. I think I hear someone I recognize, but it's just Kat, a neighbor who was also left behind. I ignore her, she never has anything good to say.
I approach the depot, the big scary building w... | 2021-06-30T08:08:47 | 2021-06-30T07:19:35 | 555 | 306 |
[WP] Four years ago you opened a fortune cookie that simply read "Don't panic", and since that day you gained notoriety for your unbelievable acts of bravery. You just opened a fortune cookie that reads "Reach for the stars". | "What's it say?"
"C'mon, Micah, don't leave us hanging."
"Dude, lemme just-"
I pulled my hand away as Jimmy lunged for it, and he toppled to the ground amid roars of laughter from the other guys.
"Bruh." Jimmy blinked balefully up at me from his position on the floor. "Some brother you are. Bet something goes wrong... | Mom said that the fortune cookie knows.
Mom said that *don't panic* is wonderful advice, showing the fortune cookie **really** knows.
The words were engraved into Yelena's brain. How long ago was it? Fifteen years, twenty? She was but a child back then. Yet, for the first time, in a life so mysterious and hard to fat... | 2021-08-24T10:34:15 | 2021-08-24T09:25:45 | 637 | 137 |
[WP] After the bombs dropped and society rebuilt itself, only one movie survived into the new world. This movie became the basis for the religion in this new society. | "One more story before we go to bed?", my younglings pleaded.
I finally give in to the young ones cries and begin the tale of the death and rebirth of our world.
"We know very little of the pre-birth stage of our civilization. What we do know comes from ancient tales and what the oracles taught us. The pre-birth ... | The time had come for Daniel to choose.
It was his 13th name day. He would choose today whether to join the Silent Brethren...Or the Truthspeakers.
The choice would affect the rest of his life permanently. The two Orders had a friendly rivalvry going - but that was not the thing he was worried about.
It was the perm... | 2014-12-08T15:09:39 | 2014-12-08T15:03:30 | 66 | 16 |
[WP] A vampire takes pity on a stranded time-traveller, granting them the gift of immortality so that they may yet live to see their family and friends once again in the distant future. | The long-haired man fell to his hands and knees at the foot of the altar.
“My…family,” he cried, “my friends. They’re all…gone.”
“No, not gone.”
The long-haired man spun around, surprised by the sudden voice. “W-w-who said that?”
“I did.”
A shadowy figure stood at the back of the church, hovering right at the edge... | I never expected to meet a vampire, not in a million years. Then again, I didn't expect to find myself stuck in time a thousand years back. The darkness and what waited in it was far more terrifying centuries ago, when its natural enemy was a scarce resource gated by time and fuel.
It was horrifying. But it was also ... | 2020-12-21T10:52:21 | 2020-12-21T10:19:05 | 39 | 16 |
[WP] Your Galactic zoo just received a shipment of 24 humans. You have to build a habitat base on very little information. | "Wow they like to mate, a lot," said Gorgax.
"What is Pizza, and why is there a hole in the center," asked another.
"It is called a donut, and is a breakfast food," replied Gorgax.
"And he is pushing his genitals through it for what reason," asked another junion member of the department.
"Oh no! She lacks the abil... |
“No one’s buying tickets to see humans anymore” Gnarjkal snarled to the carrier droid that was making the drop off for his new attraction, mucus sputtering from his mouth, hanging on by a thread without breaking free. “They’re not even worth the trip here,14 jorguns for wasting my time.”
“18 jorquns for the lot, this... | 2022-06-28T19:32:28 | 2022-06-28T17:38:15 | 111 | 49 |
[WP] You die and find yourself in Valhalla, where all great warriors go when they die. However, you never fought a day in your life. You try to find out why you're there. | I had expected darkness. And then oblivion. But, as I peered out into the blackness, long minutes passed, and I continued to be. The phrase from my schoolboy days returned to me: *cogito, ergo sum*.
And then I noticed, in the blackness, there were parts that were - impossibly - yet darker. Unlike every tabloid story o... | 'Dear, wake up' he hears in a fog.
'Oh, my head.... What happened. I remember us driving down the road and...'
'I don't know either, but maybe we can get some questions over there.' She points to a large shack. Made of redwood timber and roofed with thatch and animal skin, it looks familiar to the both of them, but ... | 2014-05-18T00:06:02 | 2014-05-17T20:26:55 | 32 | 23 |
[WP]A retired super villain is in the bank with his 6 year old daughter when a new crew of super villains comes in to rob the place. | Dr. Gloom checked his watch for the sixth time, before sighing and looking at the rest of the line. He always thought making money would be hard once he went straight, but nobody ever warned him about all the waiting. Normies spent so much of their life waiting in lines! Back in his glory days, he could have just walke... | My first stab at writing after grad school stole a couple years of my life...
John walked into the parlor where Christine waited for him on the plush suede chair. The two long walls in the rectangular room were lined with the old books, collected over John’s lifetime, while the side opposite the door looked out across... | 2015-02-06T22:15:09 | 2015-02-06T21:43:57 | 1,844 | 16 |
[WP] You are given three wishes, but on the condition that whatever you wish for everyone else also gets. You decide to game the system. | **Hi, Genie here! You know the drill so enough exposition. What's your first wish, Mr... Uh, I'm sorry, I didn't get your name.**
Trump.
**Really?**
What? No, not *that* one. Name's Steve. I work at the hardware store in town.
**Whew!**
I mean, can you imagine that guy getting three wishes? I bet he'd be all like ... | I realized early on, luckily, that most material pleasures were not an option. If everyone was rich, no one was after all. The genie noticed that too, for he sighed. "At least you're not like the other guy. He tried to get everyone to transfer money into his bank account. But he was locked up for excessive fradulent ac... | 2017-07-24T15:57:06 | 2017-07-24T14:16:09 | 28 | 13 |
[WP] A demon just devoured your soul. You are both very confused as to why you are still alive. | "You should be dead."
"Think so? I feel okay." Ted looked up into the glowering face, a face from comic books and dungeon manuals.
"This is new to me." The demon loomed, its size and general air of menace diminished by its quizzical expression. "Usually my snacks gasp, some might scream a bit, crumple up and die.... | You hadn't expected anything to be in the little five by five box you parents has left in the attic for who knows how long.
Let alone a dark spectre with fiery eyes and canines the size of a bowie knife.
When it leaned forward and stuck said canines into your forehead and sucked hastily you felt a surge if adrenaline... | 2021-10-06T10:53:35 | 2021-10-06T10:19:51 | 95 | 23 |
[WP] ROBOTS TERK UR JERBS! Bored out of your mind, you managed to fool a wealthy family into believing you're an android butler. After several years of service, they purchase an android nanny to tend the children. You suspect she's human as well.
Or, for more hilarity, they hire a human nanny - but you suspect she's a... | Number Eight didn't know it, but I knew she wasn't an Android.
I don't blame her. I'm no Robot either.
Understand this: it was a matter of air quality. The Masterson's, my employers, were one of the few upper-city families who could afford a Dome, complete with the latest in air-scrubbing technology.
You didn't ev... | I had always been into cos play growing up and this was, in a way, a natural progression of my obsession.
For the costume I went with a with a simple black and white metal suit with sheer white gloves. To get the black look I superheated the steel components and then rapidly cooled them. It gave the steel an incredib... | 2016-05-01T09:49:45 | 2016-05-01T08:33:57 | 294 | 29 |
[WP] Everybody has the ability to bring another person back to life, at the cost of their own life. You are a suicidal celebrity who can't stay dead because of fans constantly sacrificing their lives to resurrect you. | They debate who will get to die for me next. Don't want to kill two people when you could only lose one.
That's how I feel. Like I'm a killer. It doesn't really help the suicidal ideation. I've had it all my life, this tugging that I'm not good enough.
The first time I decided to end my life I didn't think anyone w... | Irony doesn't apply to my predicament, anymore. I feel like I have transcended irony. Is that even possible, since the act of transcending irony would sort of be ironic? I don't know. All I do know is that, now that I have self-professedly transcended irony, tragedy is a more fitting epithet to place on my life.
If y... | 2016-07-06T21:27:22 | 2016-07-06T18:00:08 | 1,116 | 30 |
[WP] You were adopted some years back and have begun to slowly realize that you're a dog. | “Your job is simple,” said the short, bald man, peering up at me through a pair of dark, horn rimmed glasses. “You guard the gate. Make sure nobody gets out.”
“Nobody?” I asked. “Then what's the point of having a gate in the first place?”
“Yeah, doesn't make very much sense,” I said, continuing my train of thought.
... | WHERE ARE THE FOOD AT GIVE ME SOME BACON STRIPS WHY DO THE OTHERS WALK WITH THEIR LOWER ARMS WHY DO THE OTHERS EAT ON THE WOOD SLAB AND THROW STUFF AT ME WHY DO I ALWAYS HAVE TO PLAY WITH THE FUZZ CREATURES THAT PEOPLE BRING WHY DO I HAVE TO PLAY WITH THE RUBBER THINGS WHILE THE OTHERS STARE AT THE MAGIC GLASS WAIT ON... | 2016-03-06T08:13:54 | 2016-03-06T08:10:12 | 732 | 62 |
[WP] Magic is discovered to be real. The catch? Spells are just like computer programs: difficult to write, and even harder to do correct the first try. You're a spell bug tester, and you've seen just about everything go wrong, but today's typo is on a whole other level... | For some people, magical ability is like money: when you got too much of it, you don't care how wastefully you use it.
In a similar vein, magical ability is like processor power: when you got seemingly unlimited amounts of it, some people don't care about being ludicrously wasteful with it.
As such I wasn't particula... | I swore, again, as I stared down at the Philosophers Stone we'd cooked up. It had cost millions of dollars and thousands of hours of work to produce, teams of our best researchers. We had figured that we'd be set for life, if we pulled off what alchemists had been after from the very beginning.
My manager was shaking... | 2017-07-26T04:27:10 | 2017-07-26T02:26:17 | 36 | 11 |
[WP] You stare at the pills in your hand. The doctor taps his foot impatiently. "These will really cure me of hearing that voice?" you ask. The doctor rolls his eyes. "Yes, you'll never hear her again." You level your gaze on the doctor. "I never told anyone the voice was female..." | "I never told anyone the voice was female...," Jeff said. He glanced at the doctor with wary eyes and stepped back. Dr. Tate smiled broadly, then chuckle.
"*How much does it really matter whether I'm male or female*?" the voice asked. Jeff ignored it and focused on the doctor.
"What?" The older man asked. "What do... | Red on one side. Blue on the other. Effie glanced down at the pill capsule resting in her palm, unsure of what to feel. One in the morning. One right before bed. With a tired frown, she accepted this was a strategic defeat reflecting her best self-interests. Arranging the appointment, making sure she had transportation... | 2018-12-28T14:01:37 | 2018-12-28T11:20:01 | 230 | 76 |
[WP] Our blood is naturally clear, it thickens and darkens with each impure act. You have always dedicate yourself to good and helping others but today while knitting beanies for the homeless you accidentally prick your finger. Your blood is jet black and so thick it doesn't even drip. | I always knew, since I was a baby. If I’ll be a good boy, then my blood will be white.
I was always scared of having black blood.
I must be a good boy.
Around this simple principle, I built my life. And it felt good helping others. I was happy!
I studied medicine because I thought no greater good exists but saving ... | It's not like they can say no. Free is free. There not a single soul out there that can refuse what's free.
And it's not like they can refuse. These homeless can't afford to corrupt their blood any further. It's about the only thing they can sell. The lowest rung on the social ladder. Stuck being nice.
So here I am... | 2018-08-04T10:34:28 | 2018-08-04T10:09:04 | 45 | 28 |
[WP] You have been sentenced to death in a magical court. The court allows all prisoners to pick how they die and they will carry it out immediately. You have it all figured out until the prisoner before you picks old age and is instantly transformed into a dying old man. Your turn approaches. | “Next.”
*SHITshitshitshitshitshit, FUCK! How the hell am I supposed to get out of this if they can even speed up time?!*
“Next!”
*Maybe I can try and tie it to my will? No, they’ll just torture me until I want death. Maybe some kind of paradox?*
“NEXT!”
A hand roughly grabbed me by my arm and yanked me forward.... | The Gods damned Tribunal! If there was anyone to blame for the state of this sorry world it would be the Tribunal. Sitting up on high, casting judgement on their inferiors. Everyone knows they're the real power behind the crown. Can't have a revolution when the Tribunal can kill you for your crimes instantly.
Peop... | 2021-06-24T10:30:49 | 2021-06-24T08:24:48 | 74 | 11 |
[WP] You are a well respected, elite assassin. You always get your target and you make it seem like an accident. The only problem is you have no idea what you are doing. You get the assignment and your target always seems to die of natural causes. | (My first writing outside of high school i just thought it would be fun to participate, please be gentle)
My movements were fluid and precise. A hallowed dance of creation, bringing the symbol of my will to bear. A sleek and elegant rifle soon lay before me. Custom made, every piece. It was the instrument I played, t... | They call me the best assassin in the world. I'm praised by thousands of shady, back alley, black market dealers as the most efficient, undetectable, and ruthless assassin available. I've even had undercover government agents bribe their way to finding me, paying me massive sums to take down notorious politicians and c... | 2018-10-08T20:45:37 | 2018-10-08T17:32:18 | 1,004 | 173 |
[WP] "Push this button to transform this world into a Utopia. Warning: this will eradicate all people who "... The rest is scratched off and illegible. | The button was there.
John was there.
The words were there.
But the last part was not.
Warning: this will eradicate all people who
Nothing. All people who what? There was a blank space, and a line underneath, almost as if mockingly highlighting to him the importance of the missing part.
After all his searching, t... | I open the drawer of the desk on which the console with the button sits. Hurrah there's a binder that reads "manual - a quick start guide". Inside the binder is only one sheet with the same text and it reads "Push this button to transform this world into a Utopia. Warning: this will eradicate all people who are inconsi... | 2015-10-21T14:07:36 | 2015-10-21T13:52:35 | 161 | 18 |
[WP] You have just died. The Good News is that there is an afterlife. The Bad News is that it isn't Heaven. Or Hell. Or Purgatory. And you aren't a Ghost. In fact, the afterlife is something that no sane human being would ever predict, and has most likely never been written down.
Go balls to the wall crazy with this. ... | "Step right up! Step right up and spin the **Wheel of Reincarnation!**"
The voice comes from nowhere and everywhere. I'm near the front of a long line of people, but I don't know how I got here. Ahead of us is a wheel so impossibly vast that the bottom edge is a flat line extending out to both sides, disappearing into... | I enjoyed talking to mike, even if his sense of humour was bad he took it all in stride which helped.
-Yeah, the whole thing kinda sucks, he said. It really soured me on life.
I laughed weakly, no one else did. You had to know that mike was a lemon to truly get how bad that joke was.
Turns out that when you died y... | 2015-10-18T20:44:27 | 2015-10-18T20:39:44 | 1,380 | 104 |
[WP] A world where the earth doesn't rotate; the rich live in constant sunlight whilst the poor reside in eternal darkness. | Log: 446
% LE7 personal electronic voice recorder. %
It's so dark. So desperately irrevocably dark.
The "Order of the Peace Keepers" started this segregation in 2237. No one knew why the world stopped turning, just that it did. The world leader Paul Pontius saved us though. He showed us the light, and in order to k... | Claire guffawed at the prices of produce on the unlit refrigerated shelves in the corner store. They were easily triple the prices she paid back home for organic produce, near quadruple the price than the usual pesticide laced shit she was looking at here. She did some quick math in her head.
"It costs a day's wages ... | 2014-03-29T14:33:48 | 2014-03-29T14:03:40 | 88 | 25 |
[WP] A time traveler and an immortal keep bumping into each other across the ages. | "Who are you?" The woman asked the man.
"I'm your friend." He replied.
Carrying the wounded woman from the burning city they passed by corpses with arrows still protruding from some of them. The screams of fighting in the nearby streets could be heard but the man expertly maneuvered his way through alleys and narrowl... | An unstoppable force and an immovable object walk into a bar. The unstoppable force sits down at a bar stool, glancing at his watch as though waiting for something.
The immovable object sits next to him, and orders two beers.
"Ever the timely one."
"This coming from you?"
"Come now, time is always on my side." The ... | 2015-11-22T18:11:25 | 2015-11-22T17:19:07 | 69 | 14 |
[WP] With total war as a concept alien to the rest of our galaxy, All saw humans as negotiators and peacemakers, soft and weak. Today is the day when the galaxy discovers why being so good at finding ways to avoid war was a survival mechanism. | It was stupid. The Karathians should have just settled their disagreements with the Auraxians like a civilized bunch. It was a shame really. Such a beautiful world, it's emerald oceans glistening. But they screwed up when they both engaged a human fleet which was just traversing the system peacefully. Before the flagsh... | [Poem]
Every insult.
Every smack.
We've endured.
Upon our backs.
With words of peace,
and tolerance.
No longer are they,
our best defense
They've done it now,
they've worn us thin!
Thinking they,
could chain us in!
And thin veiled threats,
now made brash.
They see what happens,
When our façade...
Cracks
Start the... | 2019-11-24T11:35:42 | 2019-11-24T10:09:51 | 661 | 494 |
[WP] "She said she loved him." Insert the word "only" anywhere in this sentence. It must be the final sentence of your story. | They were... Seventeen when it had happened.
They matched over Tinder. He thought she was cute, she thought he was handsome. They got along well enough. He asked for her number. They talked more. He asked her out. She said yes.
They met for dinner, and they talked.
Talking was an understatement.
They connected. The... | Sometimes choices, he knew, came down to not what option was best, but what option was not the worst. He'd come to say goodbye to her. He'd known her secret for some time. Her eyes were moons, and he was her sun; they beamed back most brightly when his glow illuminated her. She'd fallen hard, and he knew his gravity co... | 2016-01-10T20:49:52 | 2016-01-10T20:42:37 | 442 | 26 |
[WP] A well meaning but scientifically illiterate person is granted one wish. They wish for a drastic change to the world trying to make it a better place without realizing what the potential consequences are. The fallout is catastrophic. | It has taken decades to understand what happened.
Why the world suddenly went mad. Why the course of human history veered ninety degrees to crash through the wall of civilization. In truth took decades for anyone to even care enough to ask questions, and by then things were so dysfunctional it almost didn't matter.... | Amsterdam and Venice are reduced to ancient relics of a bygone era, perfectly preserved underwater museums of cobblestone streets and winding canals, now just divots on the ocean floor. Manhattan's streets are waterways, humans inhabiting only the second floor and above, drinking themselves to death as their property v... | 2019-01-23T12:32:39 | 2019-01-23T11:40:26 | 68 | 15 |
[WP] Humans have always been the friendliest and the most peaceful species in the galaxy. When one of the most ruthless empires decides to wipe out the pathetic humans and their diplomacy, they discover that humans have something that no one in the galaxy has ever seen. Nuclear weapons. | The species known as Humans came from a distant star, deep within the swirling vortex all other races had avoided. They brought with them many wondrous advancements including advanced healing never before seen within the known galaxy. Though they were diverse, they had no want for war and would help any in need without... | The humans sat down for diplomatic relations, as they always had and always will. The envoy for the Coalition of Civilizations sat down at the far end of the long table. The envoy came with seven bodyguards and seven times seven support staff. The humans brought a puppy.
Envoy G'rig burbled out nonsense in its native... | 2020-02-07T13:28:43 | 2020-02-07T13:11:42 | 151 | 72 |
[WP] Stepping out your front door one morning, you trip on the step and fall. Unfortunately, in doing so you crack you head open and die. As you fell you happened to crush a snail which, due to a technicality, turns out to count as dying in battle. You and the snail awaken in Valhalla | Everywhere I look, I see heroes.
War veterans still with their gear, what I can only assume to be Vikings with their battle axes and swords. Hell, even J.F.K is here. Where the fuck am I.
One of the war vets turns to me, he sighs. “Odin! We got another one!”
“Another one! Are you kidding me?” A tall figure starts to... | "Espera un momento, dejame entender esto" Digo sosteniendo mi frente.
El vikingo suspira. "Ya estamos media hora aquí"
"Lo sé, pero como es posible esto" Señaló el caracol. "Yo no lo mate, el no me mato y no estábamos en ninguna batalla".
El vikingo levantó un portapapeles. Comenzó a abrir la boca.
"¡Que no estába... | 2022-10-16T09:58:09 | 2022-10-16T08:17:39 | 274 | 36 |
[WP]: "I'm not special at all just average," you said. The scientist scans you and replied: "You don't understand, there is no record of you in any other multiverse. All the choices you have made are the only choices available to you." | [First prompt, please go easy on me!]
The doors of the lab open. The room is large. Tables strewn about, with researchers and scientists roaming and rushing about. It smells sterile, almost to a revolting degree. The large equipment around you looks sleek with blue light accenting the nooks and crannies. On the tables... | “I could choose to punch you in the face right now, but I decided not to,” I replied.
“On the contrary,” said the scientist, “you see, what you think of as decisions are really the result of electro-chemical processes that take place in your brain, so while you may think about different things that your body is physic... | 2021-01-08T21:20:37 | 2021-01-08T21:01:34 | 109 | 24 |
[WP] At the age of 16 everyone gets teleported into a small room. In front of you is a table with all kinds of meals from apples to gourmet meats. Whatever you take a bite of will determine what superpower you'll get. You are the first Person to take a bite of the table itself | Call me eccentric. Call me an idiot. Doesn't matter, I've been called both.
See, everybody always ate the food. A bite of quiche, a chunk of apple. A cut of ham or a slice of pie. Not me. They all got the powers you'd expect. Healing from the apple or fire from those hot peppers. That type of thing.
I bit the table... | The examiner smiles at you.
"Well done for seeing beyond the superficial, and choosing what your heart desires. I have been waiting for this day. Captain Table"
With that bite, you gain the power to turn into an inconspicuous table at will.
People laughed at first, Captain Table is a lame name they said. But the... | 2020-03-19T08:13:24 | 2020-03-19T07:02:46 | 9,782 | 388 |
[WP] You've always dreamed of becoming a supervillain when you got your powers, and just because you were bestowed the power of healing doesn't change anything | "Your 1 o clock is ready sir". My PA respectfully withdrew.
***Most kids dream of being hero's. Me? I always put myself in the shoes of the villains.***
Strolling into the brightly lit room I took a look at what I had to work with. I met dull eyes in a deeply lined face.
***They always seemed so much more free. Her... | I wiped the sweat off my forehead, the task was done and the patient was stable.
It took alot of work to save someones life, a balance of discovering what was wrong and what needed the most mending.
The fact that i could just lay my hands on someone and perform complex operations with the simplest of thoughts dident ... | 2019-01-30T06:51:16 | 2019-01-30T05:58:30 | 15 | 10 |
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